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The Privacy Project

  1. All This Dystopia, and for What?

    When privacy-eroding technology doesn’t deliver on its promises.

    By Charlie Warzel

  2. Chinese Hacking Is Alarming. So Are Data Brokers.

    Companies like Equifax threaten our personal privacy and our national security.

    By Charlie Warzel

  3. The Government Uses ‘Near Perfect Surveillance’ Data on Americans

    Congressional hearings are urgently needed to address location tracking.

    By The Editorial Board

  4. The App That Broke the Iowa Caucus

    Democrats desperately need to win the internet to beat Trump. Their first big test was a massive failure.

    By Charlie Warzel

  5. The Flawed Humanity of Silicon Valley

    Behind the scenes of the surveillance economy.

    By Charlie Warzel

  6. You Are Now Remotely Controlled

    Surveillance capitalists control the science and the scientists, the secrets and the truth.

    By Shoshana Zuboff

  7. Jeff Bezos’ Phone Hack Should Terrify Everyone

    Those with the most to lose don’t always safeguard their privacy very well. You can do better.

    By Charlie Warzel

  8. We Need a Law to Save Us From Dystopia

    It’s not too late. And it better be comprehensive.

    By Charlie Warzel

  9. Game: Can You Defeat the Privacy Chicken?

    It’s easy to win. Just give up all your personal information. Or are you chicken?

    By Chris Baker, Mike Lacher and Brian Moore

  10. We’re Banning Facial Recognition. We’re Missing the Point.

    The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small part of that.

    By Bruce Schneier